Oblong Boys

time travel back to 2002-a review of zolo pioneers the OBLONG BOYS

Submitted by OwenM on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 14:51.

OBLONG BOYS at Le Privilege
by Deejay O

The air was thick with scenesters at Le Privilege as
four bright colored Oblong Boys took to the stage,
dressed to the eights in oddball cardboard hats and
construction paper suits. As they began to emit the
machinic sproings, boings, blips and bloops that are
the trademark of the obscure "zolo" movement, the
initial effect was more wacky high-school novelty band
than arty futurism. Compared to today's bass-heavy
popular music, the utter orthagonality of their treble-y
high-frequency synths made the outfit even more